The Badgers are seeing a familiar face on Sunday when they return home from a two-game road trip.
Fresh off an 85-83 loss to the UCLA Bruins, the Wisconsin Badgers are returning home to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers, with tip-off set for 12:00 p.m. at the Kohl Center on Sunday.
Wisconsin’s loss to UCLA snapped a seven-game winning streak, as the Badgers couldn’t pull together a last-minute comeback effort, dropping their first game in over a month.
The Badgers got great efforts from John Tonje, who had 24 points on 8/9 from the field, including 6/7 from three, and John Blackwell, who scored 23 points, but the latter couldn’t get a game-tying shot to go with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game.
Wisconsin lost on a night where they shot 51 percent from the field, 50 percent from three, and 85.7 percent from the line, spoiling an incredibly efficient offensive night, thanks to a strong effort from UCLA sophomore reserve Aday Mara, who had a career-high 22 points on 7/7 from the field.
Now, the Badgers enter a matchup against a Nebraska Cornhuskers team that has gone 12-7 on the year and 2-6 in conference play, most recently losing five straight games.
They’re led by guard Brice Williams, who has averaged 18.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, shooting 47.8 percent from the field and 37 percent from three.
The Badgers will also see a familiar face, as junior guard Connor Essegian is Nebraska’s third-leading scorer this season after transferring there in the offseason, averaging 11.5 points per game on 43.5 percent from the field and 41.3 percent from three.
The Badgers come into Monday as an 8.5-point favorite at home. Can they get back in the win column in a favorable matchup on Sunday?